La lujuria humana. (Estudio médico social sobra la vida de los invertidos)
Buenos Aires : Editorial Claridad, [193-?]. 15pp. More
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La Lujuria Humana (Estudio médico-Social); El Amor Morbido (Extravíos y Pasiones); La Impotencia; El Matrimonio Teorico y Practico; El Matrimonio, El Divorco y El Adulterio; Los Misterios de la Fecundation
Barcelona: La Vida Literaria (1903?). 95pp. Six issues of a series dedicated to an assortment of pseudo-scientific examinations of sexual subjects. In addition to explanations of the causes of impotency, uses of aphrodisiacs, prohibited sexual positions and problems associated with celibacy, two issues include an extensive analysis of homosexuality: "diferencias entre el pederasta y el homosexual.-el amor homosexual en Francia- una practica repugnante de los Templarios-la pederasta en Turquia....sodomia en Italia, China....un defensor de los pederastas." Generally very good in lightly worn wrappers, some browning to covers. The series resembles that produced in Paris around the same time by the Librairie des connaissances médicales. More
A collection of 95 posters (1985-2010) from 14 different countries
A collection of 95 posters (1985-2010) from 14 different countries including the USA (15), Spain (17), Australia (4), Cuba, Portugal, Austria and others, all of which relate to AIDS prevention. Very good, with folds on several and a few small closed tears at edges. Various sizes. More
Les homosexualite s d'un prince: messes antiques: Flagellations suggestives
Paris: En vente chez tous les libraires, [1907-1911]. The quite rare first edition of this gay erotic novel, bound with Ludovic ou Le Prédestiné à la Pédérastie, published by Elias Gaucher between 1907 et 1911.Perceau 296; Pia Enfer, 604; Dutel 398. Very good in original wrappers. Rare. More
Alcibiade Enfant a l'Ecole
Amsterdam and Paris: Aux depens d'une Socièté d'Amateurs [Marcel Seheur]. (1936). This uncommon and controversial text on pederasty bears an introduction by "Bramatos." The illustrations however are missing in this copy. Pia 12. One of 250 hand numbered copies, this example #26. Very good in original salmon colored wrappers and contemporary 3/4 leather binding. Quite uncommon. More
Dissertation sur l'Ouvrage Intitule L'Alcibiade Fanciullo a Scola
Paris: Jules Gay (1861). 78pp. The first appearance in French of this disquisition on the authorship and history of infamous pederastic treatise, Alcibiade fanciullo a scola. The publisher, Jules Gay, issued the rare text in Italian and in French several years later and was condemned for the book in 1868. The present edition was translated by M. Gustav Brunet, who has added a "postface" and notes containing a vast amount of material on the subject of pederasty and sodomy. Ashbee (Index) 29. Not listed in Pia. One of 254 numbered copies (#7). Uncommon. A good copy in contemporary 1/2 leather boards with decorative spine and marbled endpapers, front and rear hinges cracked, small portion of lower spine missing, small green stain on first few sheets from silk ribbon. Uncommon. More
Hermaphrodisie en uranisme
Amsterdam: F. van Rossen (1908). 78pp. Aletrino was a prolific Dutch writer and a lecturer on criminal anthropology in Amsterdam and was one of the earliest Dutch advocates of homosexual rights, widely respected in his field. In 1903 he visited Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin and discusses his observations in Hermaphrodisie en uranisme. See Bleys, The Geography of Perversion: Male-To-Male Sexual Behavior Outside the West. Very god in original wrappers, small signature on front cover, light sunning to edges, light spotting to foredge. More
Satyres et Flagellants
Paris: Librairie Artistique. Soft cover. Very good in illustrated wrappers. More
Onanism amongst men. Its causes, methods, and disorders....
[Saint-Denis: Impr. J. Dardaillon [c.1910]. 95pp. An uncommon English translation of this odd publication of the "vice in solitude." Very good in brown suede binding, title page not present. More
Le Supplice d'une Queue
NP: ND (1931). This important and explicit gay novel about the love between two men appeared anonymously in 1931 in a small edition of only 90 numbered copies (this is #27). The author, a close friend of André Gide, lived in Carcasonne for most of his life and published several other books of poetry, but this work is his rarest and most explicit. Published by the famed publisher of erotic texts, René Bonnel, and with an explicit engraved frontispiece by the Catalan artist Pere Créixams, the work has been described as one of the great treasures of erotic literature. Quite rare, with the original erotic frontispiece laid in. A near fine copy in green wrappers. Pia 1283. More
De L'Inversion Sexuelle a la Formation et a la Détermination des Sexes
Le Chesnay: Imprimerie Moderne (1930). 10pp. Soft cover. A scholarly review of the existing theories of homosexuality and androgyny, which draws a distinction between true and "pseudo" inversion. Very good in wrappers, light sunning to covers. Uncommon. More
L'Amphore et les Aveugles
Paris : Eugène Figuière (1925). More
When in Rome Do...
[San Francisco, California] : Gay Parisian Press [1971]. 173pp. A very good copy in original wrappers. More
My Heart goes Bang Bang
Berlin: Schwules Museum (2004). 8pp. Essay on the gay painter, known for his portrayals of male strip clubs. Very good in stapled wrappers. (German). More
Gold and Armageddon; or, Air force and the battle of the billions
Paris, Vendome, 1934. 83pp. One of the odder Vendome publications, generally noted for its scandalous publications with enticing covers. Very good in brown wrappers, light wear to cover. More
Lettres Amoureuses d'un Frére à son éléve
Paris: L'Astrée (1956). Story of the seduction of a young acolyte by a priest, originally published in 1878. Very good in original wrappers. One of 990 numbered copies, this example appears to be an hors commerce copy. More
Lettres d'un Ignorantin a son Élève
Paris: Fort: Collection anti-clericale (ND). A re-edition of the original 1884 edition of this early gay novel, also issued by the same publisher. Very good in red wrappers with cover illustration by Léon Roze, small edechips and wear, penned notation on endpaper. Quite rare. More
A Minor Poet Sings
London: Murray & Co. (1907). Hardcover. An unknown author’s first book, executed by a publisher known for his Uranian texts. Attractively produced volume- oblong in blue paper over boards and label, light browning to endpapers, spine label lightly worn. More
Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost
Sydney: Angus & Robertson (1920). An uncommon collection of sonnets with a distinctly Uranian cast. "The words procured by Gregory Thornton and illustrated by Willem Blaeu. Very good in printed boards, small inscription on pastedown. More
The Story of a Virgin
[Paris 1899].16pp. The Victorian-era erotic pamphlet detailing the exploits of twelve year old Maud and her incestuous relationship with her father. The tale is set on a Southern plantation with twelve slaves, some of whom are eventually led into the erotic entanglements of young Maud. The story ends with her father engaged in carnal intercourse with her and one of the male slaves simultaneously. Very good in original pale green wrappers, light sunning to edges. The work is quite rare, with no institutional copies and only a passing reference [P35] in Mendes (Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English 1800-1930: A Bibliographical Study). More
En-Dehors
Paris (1939). An issue of the bi-monthly libertarian newspaper, edited by E. Armand (pen name of Lucien-Ernest June) that advocated for sexual freedom. Contributors included Eugène Bizeau, Madeleine Pelletier and Han Ryner. Included in this issue is a sympathetic article by Jean Boileau entitled "Notes pour une étude sur l'uranisme." Covers a bit yellowed, but otherwise good. More
Photographs 1947-1977
New York (1978). Soft cover. lg. 4to. One of the more attractive of Avedon's book, this copy is inscribed by him on the front endpaper. Near fine in glassine wrappers, small penned ownership signature on endpaper. More
Les Miettes du Banquet
Paris: La Renaissance du livre [1929]. 173pp. A collection of short prose works by the author of the highly regarded gay novel, Platoniquement, with a preface by Maurice Rostand. The author (1898-1927) was one of the principal collaborators with Fersen in his review Akademos and also the short-lived review Inversions. His legacy is maintained today by an association of the friends of Axieros, who publish a gay cultural magazine, Inverses: littératures, arts, homosexualités. Good in rather worn paper boards, occasional light spotting, one endpaper neatly excised. Quite uncommon. More